Girl before a mirror is a painting by Pablo Picasso that was created in March 1932 in Paris.

That masterpiece is portraing Marie-Thérèse Walter ,who he met during he was married. During the 1930s, she became his favorite subject and in this painting he used colors and symbols to show the different ways he viewed her and the ways that she viewed herself.

How Pablo Picasso views his beloved forms the understanding of one interpretation where her beauty is the subject. The yellow side of her face represents happy times with Picasso. The bright colors represent the times together. This side of her face shows her youth in the makeup free completion. This woman is painted with colors that increase her beauty. The reflection represents the other interpretation of how she views herself. The colors used here are dark and make her look very old. Instead of happiness the meaning here is more of hate and unhappiness, fear and as if aging is getting on to her indicative of her fear of losing her youth.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions 64 x 51 1/4" (162.3 x 130.2 cm)

Date: March, 1932

Copyright : © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York